Legal Opinion
Evans v. West
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Decided November 16, 1998No. 96-1574PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARLEY, Judge:
This is an appeal from a September 19, 1996, decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA or Board) which denied the appellant’s claim for service connection for a bilateral knee disorder as secondary to a service-connected pes planus condition. This appeal is timely and the Court has jurisdiction pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 7252(a). For the reasons that follow, the Court will affirm the September 19,1996, BVA decision.
I. FACTS
The appellant served on active duty in the U.S. Navy from January 1965 until September 1968 when he was medically discharged due to bilateral pes planus.…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Gilbert v. DerwinskiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1990
- Colvin v. DerwinskiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1991
- Stegall v. WestUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1998
- Caluza v. BrownUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1995
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Kessel v. WestUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1999
- Clara Sue Padgett v. Eric K. ShinsekiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 2009
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